cir´cu|la´tor

cir´cu|la´tor
cir|cu|late «SUR kyuh layt», verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing.
–v.i.
1. to go around; pass from place to place or person to person: »

Water circulates in the pipes of a building. Money circulates as it goes from person to person. The host and hostess circulated at the party, greeting their guests.

2. to pass into the hands of readers; be distributed: »

A newspaper circulates among the people who read it.

3. a) (of the blood) to flow from the heart through the arteries and veins back to the heart again. b) (of the lymph) to flow between human tissues and cells. c) (of other fluids in lower animals and in plants) to flow with a continuous motion.
4. Mathematics. (of a decimal) to include a figure or series of figures which is repeated indefinitely. Example: 1 ÷ 11 =.090909.
–v.t.
1. to send around from person to person or place to place: »

The foreman circulated the news of a factory shut-down.

SYNONYM(S): disseminate, spread.
2. to put into the hands of readers; distribute: »

This book has been widely circulated among boys interested in scouting.

╂[< Latin circulāre (with English -ate1) < circulus circle]
–cir´cu|la´tor, noun.

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